Woodpecker control?

[mridgeelk]

Three methods of dealing with woodpeckers - metal flashing, spackling compound and shotgun.

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[Chad Fabry]

The wood pecker is eating bugs. It's what they do. It's a pretty sure sign there is a need for some pest control.

[Neal Lewis]

Woodpeckers also can be trying to create a hole for nesting or just drumming for breeding or territorial purposes.

[Chad Fabry]

Hi Neal,

I'll admit my name isn't Audubon. I did, however watch a public TV show about wood peckers. They must have left that part out.

[ozofprev]

I used to do that. It works.

Originally posted by Neal Lewis

... or just drumming for breeding or territorial purposes.

[MelB]

Be careful if you are jumpiing to the conclusion of pest infestation based only on woodpeckers. I have them at my house constantly, and they are only nesting behind my wood siding. Guess I should have left that ant infested elm tree alone in the backyard, they always stayed out there.

[Brian G]

Around here they have a tremendous preference for Western Cedar siding. They pick a big knot somewhere, based on who knows what, and knock it out for a doorway.

Brian G.

Woodpeckers ARE a Pest Infestation []

[Richard Moore]

One of my neighbors has this butt-ugly asphalt/fiberboard siding on his otherwise nice 1920's craftsman.

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The damage is by crows. Not sure if they are using it for nesting or are simply the local taste police.

[hausdok]

Hi Rich,

Either they're hiding stuff or it's a group of fledglings. I had a pet crow for a couple of years. They have a very strong instinct to horde stuff and will hide it virtually anywhere. Shiny stuff, pieces of meat, a jeweller's burr, doesn't matter, they're going to hide it. It's weird, they'll keep returning to the same place to save the same kind of stuff - mostly food - but mostly won't eat it and simply accumulate it, so I'm guessing that they forget that they've horded it.

When they're fledglings, the nest will hang out together and their curiosity is insatiable. It's not unusual to see a group of 4 or 5 start picking at something like a knot in a piece of wood or a nailhead and keep it up for hours until the next thing catches their fancy. They can do a bit of damage when they really fixate on something.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[ozofprev]

Originally posted by hausdok

It's not unusual to see a group of 4 or 5 start picking at something...

M.

And then, you witness a murder!

[hausdok]

Yeah, that too. They are pretty good predators when they want to be. I watched Poe pick off a field mouse once.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[Brian G]

Woodpecker....if you have one, for Pete's sake don't whittle on it. [:-dev3]

Brian G.

Gotta Work On That Impulse Control Sometime... []

[Richard Moore]

Originally posted by ozofprev

And then, you witness a murder!

Cute Gary!

For those that don't know, a group of crows living together is called a "murder". Don't know why.